by Kevin Shank | Apr 1, 2022 | 2022, 04 April, Contest, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt
by Kevin Shank | Apr 1, 2022 | 2022, 04 April, Birds, Blackbirds, Orioles, Meadowlarks, Owls, Pictures and Poems, Wrens
by Kevin Shank | Apr 1, 2022 | 2022, 04 April, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Plants & Fungi, Thrushes, Wildflowers, Woodpeckers
by Kevin Shank | Apr 1, 2022 | 2022, 04 April, Birds, Mailbox, Rocks, Minerals & Metals, Thrushes
by Kevin Shank | Apr 1, 2022 | 2022, 04 April, Birds, Wrens, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
by Kevin Shank | Apr 1, 2022 | 2022, 04 April, Birds, Contest, Crows, Jays, & Magpies, Herons, Egrets, & Bitterns, Owls
First Place Winner Great Blue Heron and pumpkinseed sunfish. Artwork © Michael Stauffer. Second Place Winner Blue Jay. Artwork © Lois Tschetter. Third Place Winner Snowy Owl. Artwork © Aneta Koehn. About the Wild Bird Art Contest A big thanks to each of you who...
by Kevin Shank | Mar 4, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Answer Key, Birds, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Favorite Focus, Insects & Arachnids, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
by Kevin Shank | Mar 4, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Birds, Focus Illustrated, Premium Edition, Sparrows, The Photo Focus
by Kevin Shank | Mar 4, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
Recipes: Beef Stroganoff Sandwiches, Breakfast Eggs. Recipes: Chocolate Mousse, Caramel Peanut Bars, Morning Orange Drink.
by Kevin Shank | Mar 4, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Acrostic, Crossword, Mammals, Matching, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Study Guide
by Kevin Shank | Mar 3, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Bees, Caption This, Insects & Arachnids, Plants & Fungi
“You’re frazzled because you forgot to get the queen a present for her birthday? Well, how about a ‘Bit-O-Honey?’” Photo and caption © Randy Bottcher. We invite you to submit your caption for this photograph. The photograph will be used on the back of the July issue,...
by Kevin Shank | Mar 2, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Articles & Stories, Birds, Cranes, Exploring Nature, Gamebirds, Mammals, Plants & Fungi, Shorebirds
Snow trillium. Photo © Kevin Shank. Snow trilliums bloom mid-March to early April. This trillium was photographed near Franklin, West Virginia, March 21.Sharp-tailed Grouse are displaying on leks.View the Sandhill Crane migration in the Platte River Valley in...
by Kevin Shank | Mar 2, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Mammals, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
by Kevin Shank | Mar 2, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Birds, Mailbox
by Kevin Shank | Mar 2, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Dragonflies & Damselflies, Falcons & Caracaras, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals
by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Articles & Stories, Mammals, Wondernose
“Elephant Seal!” you exclaim.Well, good for you, Wondernose, you have come quite close. However, I wouldn’t really call an elephant seal’s nose inflatable. Mainly it is a very large nose which is sometimes puffed up like a cushion and which hangs down over the mouth....
by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Gamebirds, Mammals, Owls, Pictures and Poems
by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Articles & Stories, Contest, From the Editor's Quill
This was a fun issue to compile. To begin with, content came from an assortment of activities that you readers participated in. They included Birding With Friends, Nature Night, Creative Writing Contest, and a “Learning by Doing” going back to a Flower Planter contest...
by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Contest, From the Editor's Quill, Puzzles, Scavenger Hunt
by Kevin Shank | Mar 1, 2022 | 2022, 03 March, Covers, Mammals
Striped Skunk. Photo © Dreamstime.com. Fox Squirrel. Photo © Dreamstime.com.
by Kevin Shank | Feb 9, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Birds, Favorite Focus, Premium Edition, Sparrows, The Photo Focus, Thrushes
by Kevin Shank | Feb 9, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Articles & Stories, Premium Edition, The Photo Focus
A microscope was used to magnify this snowflake. An adapter went onto an SLR camera body as if it were the lens, then the adapter slipped into the eyepiece tube in lieu of the eyepiece. Another, perhaps better, way to do this is with a microscope imager. Photo © Kevin...
by Kevin Shank | Feb 9, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Camp & Cabin Cookin', Premium Edition
Recipes: Oven Beef Stew, Grandma’s Biscuits. Recipes: Quick Sweet Rolls, Loaded Breakfast Pizza.
by Kevin Shank | Feb 8, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Acrostic, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Crossword, Insects & Arachnids, Matching, Premium Edition, Puzzles, Study Guide
by Kevin Shank | Feb 8, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Articles & Stories, Exploring Nature, Reptiles & Amphibians
Go out in February and early March and check wet-weather ponds. You might spy spotted or tiger salamanders laying their eggs. Look at night with a strong flashlight.Overseed food plots in February.Make frozen wreath with bird treats/seeds in a bundt pan.Beginning the...
by Kevin Shank | Feb 2, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Birds, Gamebirds, Mammals, You Can Draw, You Can Draw Submissions
by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Butterflies, Moths & Skippers, Insects & Arachnids, Mailbox
by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Bees, Birds, Creation Close-ups, Insects & Arachnids, Mammals, Pigeons & Doves, Reptiles & Amphibians
by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Birds, Cardinals, Tanagers, & Allies, Mammals, Pictures and Poems, Waterfowl - Geese, Swans, Ducks, Loons, Grebes
by Kevin Shank | Feb 1, 2022 | 2022, 02 February, Articles & Stories, Contest, From the Editor's Quill
Snow is gently falling outside my window tonight as I write this. I enjoy seeing snow fall in the glow of a yard light after dark. It makes a fun backdrop for sipping hot chocolate and munching a fresh homemade doughnut. But that was a while ago. Now I’m back to my...
